11-07-2007, 05:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2007, 11:25 AM by Director Michael.)
There is a ruling that permits one to attend the home celebrations if this participation is only in order to avoid hard feelings from one's relatives etc., and not participating as a religious ceremony or an admission that this is in honor of an idol.
There is another ruling which permits attending this sort of celebration if one's family is celebrating it as a tradition but not as a religious act.
This includes the meal, and gift giving.
Certainly one should avoid the idolatrous aspects such as mistletoe, the yule log, the tree etc. which all are throw-backs to the winter solstice pagan celebrations.
There is another ruling which permits attending this sort of celebration if one's family is celebrating it as a tradition but not as a religious act.
This includes the meal, and gift giving.
Certainly one should avoid the idolatrous aspects such as mistletoe, the yule log, the tree etc. which all are throw-backs to the winter solstice pagan celebrations.
Rabbi Yitz